Cool Beans Coffee

Love this quaint little drive-​through coffee shop! I feel like it’s hard to find good coffee on the east side of Norman; and especially good coffee that I don’t have to get out of my car for when I’m being lazy on the weekends & go makeup-​free. Every time that I’ve been here, the staff has been so positive & outgoing! I usually go for an iced mocha-​caramel latte which really hits the spot with a Holey Roller donut (which they carry! Rejoice!) My only feedback would be to maybe extend the drink menu a bit? There are good options, but a small amount in my opinion.

Oh man this place is really great. It has the charm of a local establishment with the ease of use of use of a national chain.
I went there early in the morning there was no wait I ordered an americano and I provided my own cup. Americano was less than $ 3 because of a discount for bringing my own cup and the service is fast, friendly and professional.
I strive to support local businesses but it is often difficult because of the lack of convenience of having to go inside when I’m in a rush in the morning. This place is the best of both worlds. Great coffee. Fast. Local.

I wish I had discovered Cool Beans three years ago! It’s in the perfect location for my commute to work (especially since there is no Starbucks between here and there).
They have a variety of options and the girls who work there are always so nice and helpful when I can’t make up my mind.
Their lattes are delicious! I’ve had an iced vanilla with soy and a hot vanilla decaf with regular milk. Both were excellent and reasonably priced.
It’s hard to pass up this local, delicious, convenient, cute little coffee stand. Way to go, Cool Beans!

Love this place! I am very picky on coffee and can be quite the coffee snob but this place is the best around. With 3 people, all having different taste in coffee its very rare that we can find a place that hits the mark for all of us. My mom just like coffee nothing fancy. Its hard to find coffee that isn’t too bitter but she raves about theirs. My husband likes the mocha with a strong coffee flavor and theirs is perfect for him. I like my caramel and they use the davinci syrup which is the best. Its not like starbucks where you play some kind of coffee roulette, your coffee is always going to come out tasting the same as any other time you ordered it. I love that the women know me there. They see my truck, look in to see who is with me and ask «hot or cold today?» Its nice to have that kind of personable service.

The best coffee around! And I like the personable stickers they put on every cup of joe!

Passing through town for a week, and I’ve come here nearly every day for my caffeine fix. Super nice service, reasonable prices, and YUMMY coffee. Highly recommend the Nutella specialty drink.

I love cool beans! They have great coffee and it’s so convenient to just drive up to their little kiosk. Their lattes are very affordable. My go-​to is the white mocha.

I read about this place in a local magazine and was intrigued because they are a local Oklahoma business and decided to give them a try. The coffee was awesome as well as the service I received. I like it better than Starbucks and Panera which is where I usually would go. If you happen to be in Norman, Oklahoma make it happen and I believe you will thoroughly enjoy it.

I drive by this place every day, and have always been curious about it. I’m not a huge fan of the coffee shops we have in the area, besides the fact that all but one don’t have drive-thru’s.
But its so teensy-​tinsy!!! It’s just a witty bitty baby coffee shop.
Out of the sheer fact that it’s adorable, (and has amazing reviews on Unilocal) I decide to drive through one morning on my way to the office.
I always used to like pumpkin spiced lattes at You-Know-Where…but lately they’ve been making me sick… and they don’t taste quite like they used to. I don’t know why, don’t really care, because I have now found the perfect solution. Cool Beans Soy Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Let me tell you, it’s cool beans.
I ordered a medium… thinking The-Store-That-Must-Not-Be-Named’s medium size. HAH. Nope. I was proffered a gigantor cup… probably 20 ounces, with caramel drizzled on the bottom. C.A.R.A.M.E.L. I receive my cup and I’m fanning myself already in wait for that wonderful gulp of the perfect PSL with a tinge of caramel.
Oh. My. Goodness. I really don’t like coffee. At all. But you know when you just have those cravings? It just had to be satisfied. And it was. The drink was smooth, the coffee wasn’t roasted so much that it tasted burnt, and there was the perfect balance of sweet froofy flavor and milky taste that completed the latte.
Only comment is that next time I’ll order a small, with extra ice. There wasn’t quite enough ice in mine this past time.
I’ll be back!!!
(Cool beans.)

Cool Beans coffee is amazing. Far better than Starbucks or most drive-​thru coffee places. You can also walk up to this place. I have an iced latte and add caramel. Their hot chocolate is also pretty good. The service is fast and I’m never disappointed.
Make sure you check to see if they are open on national holidays! (They are not open Labor Day)

I’m not overly impressed with their coffee. Both times I’ve been here, the girls working there were friendly and got me my order quickly but both times the coffee taste burnt. I got plain old iced coffee the second time and even that taste burnt :/

Never seem to be open and the last time I got a coffee there the beans were heavily over roasted.

The best coffee in town when all things are considered. Cheaper and tastier than Starbucks. Love the fact that they have a frequent buyers card as well.

Cool people. Cool beans. These guys are the bees knees and have an amazingly yummy little shop. If you haven’t tried it you definitely should! Mmmm

I was just day-​dreaming about how wonderful Cool Beans is. .. not joking. In addition to fantastic locally roasted beans, the other day I noted the barista pouring Braum’s milk for my order — quality ingredients DO make a better cup of coffee! And the little details, like the fun, no-​spill stickers affixed to my cup and the ALWAYS smiley and friendly service make it worth a drive across town to enjoy a GREAT coffee drink when I’m not close to home. The icing on the cake — a few visits ago, after placing my order, I was informed it had «already been taken care of.» Sister (family biz as well, it seems) had left some extra dollars to cover a few customers’ orders and I was blessed to be among them! Go here; it’ll most likely brighten your day!

Hands down, THE best drive through coffee shop in town! Non dairy options too! I love this place so much and I’m always greeted with bright smiling faces. Thank you, Cool Beans, for giving us a bad ass alternative to suck bucks;)) xoxo

Don’t let the quaint exterior fool you. This is some serious coffee that deserves your attention. Masquerading as a little drive thru photo development shop from the 70’s…I hadn’t given much thought to the coffee place that moved in a while back. I now regret missing out on a year of this awesomeness.
Cool Beans brews Elemental coffee (roastery on Hudson and 8^th in OKC) and the attention to making a great cup of normal coffee or an espresso drink is amazing. Additionally, the prices for high-​end locally-​roasted coffee from a local coffee shop are less than nearby national chain products.
I highly recommend stopping by and giving them a try. Fantastic!

If I give Cool Beans four stars I’m going to feel like the Russian judge at the Olympics. It’s only a tiny drive thru/​walk up coffee bar, hardly even a structure occupying a previously unwanted corner of a plot of land on the east side. However! The coffee, roasted in the city by Elemental, is phenomenal. Having a place to get coffee on the east side is also huge. I have to disclose that I’m not a guy who drinks froofy stuff. Espresso. Ice. Lil milk n’ sugar. But I can’t make it taste this good at home, and I don’t know what I’m lacking. I don’t want to know what I’m lacking, I’m happy just cruising up the block and giving a local couple my hard earned cash and knowing that between the mom and pop shop and locally roasted beans it goes to the benefit of people around me. 5 stars. Boom.
By all means if you were hesitant to try their coffee, don’t be. They are super nice, pretty speedy, and the coffee is probably either the best in Norman or a close second. Oh by the way I think my GF (who likes froofy drinks and approves of their iced soy hazelnut lattes) and I willed this place into being. We wanted a non Starbucks coffee bar in nearly that exact same spot and it happened. I’m not positive we did that with our mental powers, but if someone opens a dive bar within walking distance of my house in the near future (ahem old Blockbuster) I’ll get back to you.